Starting with trident maple cut off roots. In Spring, dig up and reassess tree in terms of showing promise or not. Plant well developed trimmed trees in grow beds during Winter. Can be trimmed right back and they will grow. Desirable to have the roots going out, not down. Keep air away from tree cut wound with either putty, cut paste, acrylic paint or foil. Retain the growing branches that have shorter internodes. Same with clump style// more holes in plate. Twin trunks can be developed using a plate with 2+ holes. Creates lots of horizontal roots and a flared, bulging trunk base. Eventually, remove metal plate once roots have established. Use a small circular metal plate (ex road sign) through which to grow maple seedling in order to increase root development as tree is “strangled”. Because trees grow quickly, the wire can quickly become embedded in tree and scar tree. Neil prefers to prune in order to shape in the early stage. Then cut back.Īvoid wire on growing trees. Set the initial branches with wire and let them grow for the year. Ongoing root trimming leads to great nebari development. When roots are severely trimmed, tree will send out new roots. Also root work.Ĭut the top off plant and side branches will develop.Īnnually trim roots and also top of tree. Cut base branches hard.īest time to trim is early Winter when trees have lost their leaves. Stimulates growth!! Leads to root ramification and great nebari. Keep very young plated seedlings in nursery situation to ensure regular watering and growth in Summer.Ĭan plant seedlings in ground, then dig up and prune. Trident maple is more user friendly to grow as bonsai. Japanese maples respond to similar approach but their development is more problematic. Trident maples are a tough tree and very fecund. Group style forests can be grown very successfully with trident maples.īonsai can be grown from maple seed. They develop really well compared to other trees used for bonsaiĭeciduous trees do have broken branches and cracked wood in real life You can grow tiny, small, large trident maples The tree is strong and can take aggressive pruning/styling very well. Its leaves are (dark) green, and color red and orange in autumn. Besides differing growth patterns the Trident maple can be distinguished by its 3-lobed leaves (as opposed to the 5-lobed leaves of the Acer Palmatum). Originally from China and Japan, the Trident maple is not as popular as the Acer Palmatum (the popular Japanese Maple Bonsai), but without doubt very suitable for Bonsai purposes.
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